Camp Lewallen Readied for District Scouts Camp
Camp Lewallen the official Boy Scout camp of the Southeast Missouri Council near Sam A Baker State Park Wayne county opens its first week June 26 through August 21. Five weeks filled reservations for last three weeks. Staff includes Hopi staff Lindred Onsae and Calvin Povatah arriving June 20 for Indian dancing and crafts. New Skill Lodge HQ building 30 by 50 feet to house handicraft program. Fifty four troops signed with fifteen sites left.
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Lewallen
Southeast Missouri Council
Sam A. Baker
Lindred Onsae
Calvin Povatah
R. L. Palmer
Hornersville
Ralph Wimp
Cape Girardeau
Bill Eskridge
Charleston
Carrel Pharris
Sikeston
Rob Williams
Rewallen
Fishing and Vacation Seasons in Missouri
Jefferson City notes open seasons align with vacation period. All fish open through November 30 except trout in parks and managed waters close November 1. Frogs open July 1 for hunting and fishing permit holders with permitted methods. daily limits include 10 frogs. Fish limits vary by species. no rabbit limit, squirrels 6 daily and 9 in possession.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Standard Rules for Operation of Boats
Jefferson City The Conservation Commission issued a caution on handling small boats. Annual Missouri lake accidents result from overloading weather neglect and changing seats. Boats need upkeep and personal flotation for nonfloatable metal or material. Boaters should share waters with courtesy. Follow federal outboard rules: stay right when meeting boats yield to the man on the right and to boats under sail or oar. Also yield to an overtaken boat.
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Jefferson City
The
Conservation Commission
Missouri
Andersons Attend Bill Andersons Illinois College Graduation
Mr and Mrs Ralph Anderson and daughter Betty travel to Jacksonville Illinois for their son Bill Andersons graduation from Illinois College. He will return to work in the advertising department at Cudahy Packing Company in Chicago after graduation. Betty Anderson recently graduated from MacMurray College and will teach music in Sikeston. The notice adds an Eagle Stamps promotion by Lair's.
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Ralph Anderson
Betty
Jacksonville
Bill
Ilinois College
Cudahy Packing Company
Chicago
Betty Anderson
MacMurray College
Sikeston
Do Poisonous Snakes Poison Themselves Idea From Willow Grove
Willow Grove students asked if snakes can poison themselves. The Missouri Conservation Commission referred the query to the New York Zoological Society. Brayton Eddy, curator of reptiles, said he witnessed a rattler kill itself with its own bite, though fangs did not penetrate a vital organ.
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Blackwater
Willow Grove School
Roy Arnold
Missouri Conservation Commission
New York Zoological Society
Brayton Eddy
Sikeston Graduates From Washington University
Two Sikeston natives earned Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degrees at Washington University’s 88th commencement. Harry Gordon Strain of 209 Cresap Avenue had previously completed studies and taught at Vandyser schools last term. Nathaniel C. Watkins Jr. of 930 N Kingshighway took a position with the Sikeston Standard. He and Mrs. Watkins recently moved to Woodlawn and Sikes.
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St. Louis
Washington University
Harry Gordon Strain
Cresap Avenue
Harry R. Strain
Nathaniel C. Watkins Jr
N. Kingshighway
Nathaniel Watkins
Strain
Washington
Vandyser
Watkins
Sikeston Standard
Miss Grace
Woodlawn
Sikes
Five Scott County Men Graduate From State University
Among 1550 Missouri University at Columbia graduates Tuesday are five Scott county men. John Riley Hahn of Benton Rural Route 1, Billy Burl Reed of Commerce, Merritt S. Gwinn Jr. and Richard L. Gwinn of Sikeston, Joe Meredith Shaver of Sikeston Rural Route 2, and Frank H. Schulte Jr. Each earned degrees in journalism, civil engineering, business administration, or chemical engineering. Merritt L. Gwinn Jr. earned a master of science in civil engineering. Richard L. Gwinn earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering. Reed earned a bachelor of science in business administration. Shaver earned a bachelor of science in business administration. Schulte earned a bachelor of science in chemical engineering.
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Missouri University At Columbia
Scott County
John Riley Hahn
Ben F. Hahn
Benton
Billy Burl Reed
Thomas E. Reed
Commerce
Merritt S. Gwinn Jr
Richard L. Gwinn
Merritt S. Gwinn
Sikeston
Joe Meredith Shaver
Joseph M. Shaver
Frank H. Schulte Jr
Frank H. Schulte
John Hahn
Jefferson City
Merritt L. Gwinn Jr
Billy B Reed
Joe Shaver
New Furniture Arrivals at Lair's Low Prices
New shipments arrive daily at Lair's featuring Howell breakfast sets Sellers kitchen cabinets Simmons Hide A Bed sofas Mengel bedroom suites Kroehler living room suites Bige low rug Armstrong rugs linoleum and Lammert fine quality fur niture at values that cannot be beat.
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Howell
Simmons
Mengel
Kroehler
Bigelow
Armstrong
Lair’s
The Enduring Myth of Predator Bounties in Michigan
Ted Kesting reports that conservation experts question the value of predator bounties after two centuries of payments. Public opinion and enforcement pressures keep the system, while evidence suggests bounties rarely reduce predator numbers. Michigan has paid over 142 million in bounties since 1869, yet coyote populations have risen.
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Bill Wolf
Michigan
Bounty System in Pennsylvania Predators Debate
The piece argues bounty payments harm hunters more than taxpayers and shows gray foxes expanding while red foxes thrive under the 1638 Pennsylvania bounty. It notes no decline in weasels or predatory birds, questions bounty efficacy, and cites support for professional trappers and educator-trained farmer-trappers in targeted predator control.
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Pennsylvania
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